diff --git a/src/test/regress/enterprise_isolation_schedule b/src/test/regress/enterprise_isolation_schedule
index 689a7db75..ae22dac84 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/enterprise_isolation_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/enterprise_isolation_schedule
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ test: isolation_setup
 # tests that change node metadata should precede
 # isolation_cluster_management such that tests
 # that come later can be parallelized
+test: enable_ddl_propagation
 test: isolation_cluster_management
 
 test: isolation_move_placement_vs_move_placement
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/enable_ddl_propagation.out b/src/test/regress/expected/enable_ddl_propagation.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb990e11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/enable_ddl_propagation.out
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+\c - - - :worker_1_port
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+ pg_reload_conf
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+\c - - - :worker_2_port
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+ pg_reload_conf
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_test_helpers.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_test_helpers.out
index 36b1be250..0f31f2354 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_test_helpers.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_test_helpers.out
@@ -1,28 +1,4 @@
 -- File to create functions and helpers needed for subsequent tests
-ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
-SELECT pg_reload_conf();
- pg_reload_conf
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- t
-(1 row)
-
-\c - - - :worker_1_port
-ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
-SELECT pg_reload_conf();
- pg_reload_conf
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- t
-(1 row)
-
-\c - - - :worker_2_port
-ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
-SELECT pg_reload_conf();
- pg_reload_conf
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- t
-(1 row)
-
-\c - - - :master_port
 -- create a helper function to create objects on each node
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION run_command_on_master_and_workers(p_sql text)
 RETURNS void LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$
diff --git a/src/test/regress/failure_schedule b/src/test/regress/failure_schedule
index 8b992422e..f308fd7d2 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/failure_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/failure_schedule
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # import this file (from psql you can use \i) to use mitmproxy manually
+test: enable_ddl_propagation
 test: failure_test_helpers
 
 # this should only be run by pg_regress_multi, you don't need it
diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
index 868d78cdf..aa742096d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_1_schedule
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ test: alter_database_propagation
 test: citus_shards
 test: reassign_owned
 test: alter_database_from_nonmain_db
+test: enable_ddl_propagation
 
 # ----------
 # multi_citus_tools tests utility functions written for citus tools
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/enable_ddl_propagation.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/enable_ddl_propagation.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b859d8a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/enable_ddl_propagation.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+
+\c - - - :worker_1_port
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+
+\c - - - :worker_2_port
+ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
+SELECT pg_reload_conf();
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_test_helpers.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_test_helpers.sql
index 350240494..7d218361c 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_test_helpers.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_test_helpers.sql
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 -- File to create functions and helpers needed for subsequent tests
-ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
-SELECT pg_reload_conf();
 
-\c - - - :worker_1_port
-ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
-SELECT pg_reload_conf();
-
-\c - - - :worker_2_port
-ALTER SYSTEM SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation = 'true';
-SELECT pg_reload_conf();
-\c - - - :master_port
 -- create a helper function to create objects on each node
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION run_command_on_master_and_workers(p_sql text)
 RETURNS void LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$